David Brower: The Making of the Environmental Movement
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| Rating | : | 4.73 (614 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0520278364 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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a bold and satisfying portrayal of a complex man. True, Turner makes Brower the hero, but how could it be otherwise? His hero is not without faults, serious faults, but it is by looking at how the environmental movement overcame them that we learn how to keep the movement going."--David Brooks"Alternatives Journal" (06/01/2016) . "David Brower has slipped into semi-obscurity over the years, but he deserves a place in the pantheon of environmental heroes. Admirably, Turner gathers the octopus of Brower's interests into a cohesive bundle that offers readers an overview of the environmental movement and insight into one of its most intriguing, controversial characters."--Lou Fancher"East Bay Mon
wesley m vietzke said Nice summary of the life of a complicated man. Nice summary of the life of a complicated man, but an essential one, and one of our true heroes. We need many more.. He inspired us to love wilderness and defend the earth This is the biography of a leader who inspired three generations to love wilderness and defend the earth. Readers who never knew David Brower will meet him here as a vivid character because the author tells the story with rich, engaging detail, and yet without getting bogged down in minutiae. As Bill McKibben writes in his Foreword, David Brower “figured out how to do the hardest thing for any movement leader: capture the attention of a large enough slice of the public to change the Ameri. The Next Best Thing James L. Linford I encountered David Brower at a critical juncture in my life, just after graduating from Berkeley and beginning my search for an adult vocation. The timing couldn't have been more fortunate. I, like countless others, was changed by meeting Dave, and by the introduction he gave me to a different take on life and work. Although I knew him for just two years in my 20s, now, in my 70's, hardly a month goes by that I don't think about some aspect of his thinking or leadership style that has inspired
Tom Turner began working with David Brower in 1968 and remained close to him until Brower’s death. In addition, Brower worked tirelessly in successful efforts to keep dams from being built in Dinosaur National Monument and the Grand Canyon. Culling material from Brower’s diaries, notebooks, articles, books, and published interviews, and conducting his own interviews with many of Brower’s admirers, opponents, and colleagues, Turner brings to life one of the movement's most controversial and complex figures.. Tapping his passion for wilderness and for the mountains he scaled in his youth, he was a central figure in the creation of the Point Reyes National Seashore and of the North Cascades and Redwood national parks. Frequently compared to John Muir, David Brower was the first executive director of the Sierra Club, founded Friends of the Earth, and helped secure passage of the Wilderness Act, among other key achievements. In this first comprehensive authorized biography of David Brower, a dynamic leader in the environmental movement over the last half of the twentieth century, Tom Turner explores Brower's impact on the movement from its beginnings until his death in 2000. As an insider, Turner creates an intimate portrait of Brower the man and the decisive role he played